About Us
Heart Gallery volunteers are collaborating with the NYC Administration for Children’s Services to create the annual New York City Heart Gallery exhibit. The exhibit will feature beautiful, compelling portraits of New York City children who dream of finding their “forever families.”

The project will “kick off” with an Opening Launch in Manhattan, and then travel throughout the five boroughs exhibiting in well-trafficked venues.

Mission

  1. Help New York City children living in foster care realize their dream of finding permanent, loving adoptive families to call their own
  2. Raise awareness and educate the public about the thousands of children who desperately need and deserve the shelter and love of forever homes
  3. Provide services (mentoring, scholarships, etc.) to children aging out of foster care who have not found the love, guidance and stability of a forever family

History

The Heart Gallery was founded in New Mexico in 2001 by the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department. National media attention generated because of the project’s success resulted in a virtual explosion of Heart Gallery groups across America, where over 100,000 foster children are waiting to be adopted. Today there are nearly 100 Heart Galleries throughout the United States.

Heart Gallery has been featured on CNN, The Today Show, The View, 20/20, NBC, CBS, NPR and many others. More than a thousand children have found their forever families as a direct result of Heart Gallery exhibitions.